01-30 November 2016 WASH Cluster Alert Bulletin Issue 4

WASH Cluster Coordinator Map 1 HEATING ISSUE IN (SEE MAP 2) On 22nd of November the main water pipeline from WTP in Mark Buttle NGCA to Toretsk in GCA, oblast was damaged by shelling, close to [email protected] the contact line. Toretsk (formerly named Dzerzhynsk), Artemove, part of WASH Cluster IMOs Horlivka, and several other settlements from GCA side which receive water Volodymyr Kalinin from Horlivka WTP#2, were cut off. 80,000 inhabitants were affected, of [email protected] whom around 47,000 in Toretsk and Artemova live on the GCA side of the line. The centralized heating system of Toretsk and Artemove was at risk of Stas Dymkovskyy being stopped and 3 heating facilities were temporarily closed. 47, 000 [email protected] people were at risk. Water supply to schools and health facilities in the area were badly affected by this issue. Key facts Fortunately People In Need (PIN) provided water trucking and equipment for pumping to keep heating systems going and access to the safe drinking water among the affected population. Around 47, 000 people were at Voda Donbasa (the operator of water infrastructure) sent a request to great risk of heating collapse in JCCC to provide window of silence. However due to increased shelling, VD November 2016. received access for repair work only on 29th November. VD finally re- paired the damaged pipeline on 3rd December 2016 and water supply was In 12 cities, 6 been fully restored on 4th December. from each side suffer from con- SEWAGE ISSUE IN DOKUCHAIEVK, NGCA (SEE MAP 1) The WASH Cluster in Ukraine highlights the additional risks caused by dam- flict-related sewage issues. On 18th November, the area close to wastewater treat- age to water infrastructure in the winter season: It could cause centralised ment plant, Donetsk oblast was shelled in the early morning. From the heating systems to fail and many settlements of Donetsk and Luhansk ob- Issues to highlight morning Voda Donbasa (VD) evacuated operation staff after the shelling lasts are at risk. stopped, and closed the plant before leaving. Casualties among staff and Water heating systems are at damage of equipment was avoided and power supply was restored on Map 2 risk. Safety of water company the evening of the same day, however the safety of VD staff is a main Map №2 staff also causes system stop- concern for stable operation of water facilities. pages According to VD, failure of the waste treatment system (including when Decrepit systems are still a fea- facility is stopped due to evacuation) would eventually lead to ture, and risk of damage wastewater polluting drinking water, in areas around Dokuchaevsk city. through shelling is increasing. The potential affected population would be 25,000 people.

WASH Alerts since 2016 REPAIRS STILL NEEDED The WASH Cluster would like to highlight that several settlements (On Water shortages 34 the GCA side Berezove and Stepne, and from NGCA side, Olenivka) expe- rience water shortages since April 2016 due to an electricity substation Water quality issue 3 by shelling. As a result, pump stations still do not operate. ADRA pro- Access to sanitation 4 vides water trucking to affected population in GCA side and planning to continue it in nearby future. PIN trucked water to NGCA before their Environmental damage 1 accreditation was revoked. Now local municipality is responsible for wa- ter trucking.